E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ (/e̜/ /hje̜w/ [long] [comment]) is a temperate Large City located in the Bek'thond Earldom of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ was founded by Trryhn Vimeni, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a yearly average temperature of 0°C (32°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -27°C (-16°F). E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ receives an average of 273 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ covers an area of nearly 290 km² (116 mi²), and an average elevation of 2404 m (7887 ft) above sea level.

Overview

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ was founded durring the late 17th century in late summer of the year 1657, by Trryhn Vimeni. The establishment of E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Trryhn Vimeni struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ as a prison colony.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious cobblestone streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city rests behind a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, and battlments. E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. The city's unusual yet seemingly effective fortifications have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

A look around E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scutteling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s everything together. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ long.

Civic Infrastructure

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has an Office of Civil Groundskeeping, which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the construction and upkeep up of all plant life, water features, and other natural decorations within E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s parks.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a Gravedigger's Guild, which is responsible for collecting the dead and laying them to rest according to all applicable laws and religious customs.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a Highwayman's Guild, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a Hall of Slayers, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Large City. E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands. They are not to be confused with the Office of Civil Groundskeeping as they do not hold authority over nor responsibility for E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s natural decorations nor waterways.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a public schooling program overseen by the Hall of Sages who has the responsibility of ensuring access to affordable high-quality education in all basic classes (Reading, Writing, Mathmatics, General Sciences, General Arcana, and Social Education) is made available to all citizens.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ has a public septic system, which allows its citizens to have indoor bathrooms. The septic system is overseen by the League of Sewerkeepers, who posses the legal authority to enforce all laws relating to the septic system, and are also tasked with its maintenance and upkeep.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s locals despise outsiders. For some “outsiders” may be natives of foreign lands, while others might have a grudge against anyone from outside the community. These locals have an active loathing, and the outsiders allowed to trade or interact with them do so at a heavy disadvantage.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is recurring in E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠.

The Necrocraft near E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ are known to be quite timid.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves gestures to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via moments of science.

Economy

The following information was obtained via the Imperial Census Bureau as part of the Eyom Economic Outreach Program. It differs from Standard Imperial censuses in that many of Tom's citizens, regardless of culture, work in more than one occupation or hold more than a single job. The Imperial Census Bureau has ruled that a job is a job, hence, the intigers within the data presented here can count an individual more than once.

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ Census Data: Year 2000

25634 of E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1375 work in Agriculture
• 5902 work as Craftsmen
• 2021 work as Merchants
• 3925 work as Service Workers
• 2664 work as General Laborers
• 1036 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3662 work as Civil Servants
• 2291 work in Cottage Industries
• 1387 work as Artists
• 1371 work in Produce Industries

38646 of E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3383 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠ lost 124 people, 351 livestock, and 39 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 151, when members of E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s militia enacted an operation to assassinate an enemy faction leader. The operation was complicated by thick blankets of fog, which hid friend and foe alike. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s forces. The war is remembered in legend by E̜ Hie̜w Qo̠'s bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History